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Modeling the distribution and intergenerational transmission of wealth / / edited by James D. Smith



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Titolo: Modeling the distribution and intergenerational transmission of wealth / / edited by James D. Smith Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1980
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 330 s
339.2/2/0973
Soggetto topico: Wealth - United States
Inheritance and succession - United States
Classificazione: QI 200
Altri autori: SmithJames D  
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- National Bureau of Economic Research -- Prefatory Note -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Long-Term Trends in American Wealth Inequality -- 2. The Wealth of Testators and Its Distribution: Butler County, Ohio, 1803-65 -- 3. The Perpetuation of Wealth: A Simulation Model -- 4. The Importance of Material Inheritance: The Financial Link between Generations -- 5. The Bequest Process and the Causes of Inequality in the Distribution of Wealth -- 6. Estimates of the 1969 Size Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S. from a Synthetic Data Base -- 7. The Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth: Does Family Size Matter? -- 8. Relevance in Economic Measurement: Public Inheritances -- List of Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index
Sommario/riassunto: This pioneering volume uses modern statistical and simulation techniques to explain the process of wealth transmission and the persistent problem of the unequal distribution of wealth. These papers reflect a shift from the traditional cross-sectional measurement to an intertemporal focus by attempting to model mathematically the actual process by which wealth is acquired and transmitted. There are many questions to be answered: What are the factors influencing saving? What is the role of mating? What decides ownership between spouses? How are rare assets distributed by divorce? What are the patterns of behavior in making gifts and bequests? And what is the effect of the relative ages of the persons involved?
Titolo autorizzato: Modeling the distribution and intergenerational transmission of wealth  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-43109-5
9786611431099
0-226-76460-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910824765403321
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Serie: Studies in income and wealth ; ; v. 46.